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Monticello staff update the IEDC on MnDOT corridor work, downtown plan contract, water plant and AUAR acceptance
Summary
City staff told the IEDC that MnDOT corridor planning and an EDA contract for a Downtown Small Area Plan are moving forward, the new water treatment plant project is progressing, and the Council accepted an AUAR environmental review covering 550 acres while continuing work on data‑center zoning language.
City Administrator Rachel Leonard briefed the committee on multiple City Council items and ongoing infrastructure and planning work.
Leonard said the Council is coordinating with the Minnesota Department of Transportation on construction and improvements along the Highway 25 corridor and that a recent public forum brought City and State representatives together for collaborative planning. She reported the Economic Development Authority approved a contract with Bolton & Menk to update the Downtown Small Area Plan (last updated in 2017), expanding the plan to the east side of MN‑TH#25 and adding visioning for Block 34 and the Cedar Street garden site; the update aims to provide coordinated guidance for the proposed Highway 25 improvements.
Leonard also said the new water treatment plant project is moving forward with related Council actions underway. The Council accepted environmental review documents known as an Alternative Urban Areawide Review (AUAR) that cover roughly 550 acres within the Monticello orderly annexation area on the city’s south edge. She added the Council is continuing discussions about appropriate language and standards for a proposed Data Center Planned Unit Development (DC‑PUD) ordinance to provide land‑use guidance for data center projects.
Tyler Bevier, Community & Economic Development Coordinator, provided a brief overview of upcoming agendas and the prospect list connected to those planning efforts. No Council votes on ordinances or the AUAR were recorded in the IEDC minutes; Leonard described the AUAR acceptance as Council action already taken.
